Unit 1
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. The man spent much of his childhood _____ (observe) birds in the wild. 2. Here they used to sit in the _____ (阴凉) through a long lazy summer’s day. 3. What surprised me most was that the young lady b_____ bravely in the face of danger.
4. The city hall is planning to start a _____ (运动) aiming at encouraging young people to work out regularly.
5. I accepted his a_____ that taxes on cigarettes and alcohol should be increased. II. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。
1. Hearing the news, the general commanded his troops to _____ (起程) at dawn. 2. Only by knowing yourself _____ (你才能希望) to become an effective leader. 3. No matter what you do, _____ (一旦开始), you must continue.
4. The people in Libya have gone through so many wars and they dream of _____ (过和平的生活).
5. Some people _____ (全然不顾) the speed limit and consequently are fined.
I. 选用合适的词或短语并用其适当形式填空。
look down upon, refer to, observation, audience, argument
1. Li Hua often _____ the dictionary when he doesn’t know the meaning of a word. 2. Don’t _____ a student just because he has failed in an exam.
3. Most information is collected by direct _____ of the animal’s behaviour. 4. There were strong _____ against these measures, so no agreement was reached. 5. He has a special way of delighting the _____ with his performance. II. 用be或have的适当形式填空。
1. Each pen and each book _____ found in its place.
2. Reading books and playing table tennis _____ my great pleasures.
3. Not only his friends, but also he himself _____ looking forward to the party.
4. Neither you nor your sister _____ been working hard these days.
5. Fifteen percent of the students _____ absent today and nobody knows why.
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. The g_____ gap refers to the difference in attitude toward things or the lack of understanding between young people and older folks.
2. He is so d_____ to his work that the occasions are quite rare when he can spend a day with his kids.
3. The new type of telescope is i_____ for the study of the planets in outer space. 4. All the governments should take this into _____ (考虑), trying to balance the needs of development and the environment. II. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。
1. My mother ________ (偶然遇见) an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department store.
2. Yang Mi insists that fortune favors only the prepared mind and nobody’s success happens ________ (碰巧).
3. He ignored the doctor’s advice and ________ (继续) smoking.
4. His new album ________ (发行) and became a hit online almost overnight. 5. An old county doctor went out of her way to ________ (接生) in a small village.
Unit 2
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. When you go out in the hot sun, you should always put cream on your skin to avoid getting s_____.
2. The young girl is s_____ to bring up a family alone.
3. The measures will enable us to increase our o_____ of bicycles soon. 4. My friend was down with the flu, and _____ (因此) couldn’t come to the party. 5. The _____ (令人不安的) problem has been making it hard for him to sleep every night.
6. In ten years the city’s population e_____ by 12%, which has made the city more crowded.
7. Although he speaks English fluently, he is not of British or American _____ (国籍). 8. Please state your name, address and _____ (职业).
9. Our products are _____ (出口) to Southeast Asia to gain more profit. 10. Blood _____ (循环) in the body until life stops. III. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。
1. It was _____ (多亏了) your timely help that we accomplished the task on time. 2. From his manner, we knew that he _____ (对……满意) the exam. 3. —Do you mind my keeping pets at home? —I _____ (宁愿) you didn’t.
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. Don’t show him the other way of doing it — it’ll only c______ him. 2. I ______ (后悔) not having worn a thicker coat yesterday.
3. The sailors ______(搏斗) with the winds and waves and finally landed the goods at New York.
4. This plant can grow in many parts of the g______.
5. Some farmers are discussing which c_______ they should grow in the field next year.
III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. _____ (eat) more fruit every day is helpful to keep the flu away from you. 2. It’s no use _____ (argue) with him, so you’d better give it up.
3. I can hardly imagine Peter _____ (sail) across the Atlantic Ocean alone. 4. —You were brave enough to raise different opinions at the meeting. —Well, now I regret _____ (do) that.
5. One learns a language by making mistakes and _____ (correct) them. 6. He is proud of his son’s _____ (win) first prize. 7. —What do you think of the book?
—Excellent. It’s worth _____ (read) a second time. 8. This new order will mean _____ (work) overtime.
9. Jenny could not help _____ (cry) when she was reading the moving story. 10. She looks forward every spring to _____ (walk) in the flower garden.
I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1. The number of people suffering from heart disease will be greatly _____ (减少) if they are persuaded to eat more fruit and vegetables.
2. Please summarize the main idea by _____ (略读) the article.
3. Researchers in this field have made several important new _____ (发现). 4. Farmers are reducing their use of _____ (化学的) fertilizers on crops. II. 根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。
1. All the pressure _____ (逐渐增强) and he was off work for weeks with stress. 2. As I said before, we need to _____ (集中精力于) the customers and their needs. 3. The news shocked the public, _____ (导致) great concern about students’ safety at school.
4. The report focused on how teachers are _____ their students _____ the pressure of
exams. (使……免受影响)
5. In ancient times, the masses were not allowed to _____ (评论) politics. IV. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The scientist said that the rocks had changed in both ______ (chemistry) and physical ways.
2. They hope that the new model will go into ______ (produce) next year.
3. The doctor advised him to eat more fish, which is a rich source of vitamins and ______ (mine).
4. In that research they made the ______ (discover) that bees can communicate with each other.
5. ______ (bacterium), which we can’t see with our naked eyes, are extremely small living things.